/************************************************** *********************************
*
* Problem:
* Determine the Duplicated Records in a table using single SELECT.
*
* We shall be using Northwind database, add some duplicate records.
*
* Here we want to know if 2 columns (CompanyName,
* PHone) are duplicated in a table.
*
*
* ShipperID CompanyName Phone
* ----------- ------------------------- ------------------
* 1 Speedy Express (503) 555-9831
* 2 United Package (503) 555-3199
* 3 Federal Shipping (503) 555-9931
* 4 Federal Shipping (503) 555-9931
* 5 Speedy Express (503) 555-9831
* 6 Federal Shipping (503) 555-9931
*
*
*
************************************************** **/

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SOLUTION 1: Gives me the IDs that are duplicated.

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SELECT
ShipperID, CompanyName, Phone
FROM
SHIPPERS
WHERE
EXISTS (
SELECT
NULL
FROM
SHIPPERS b
WHERE
b.CompanyName = SHIPPERS.CompanyName
AND b.Phone = SHIPPERS.Phone
GROUP BY
b.CompanyName, b.Phone
HAVING
SHIPPERS.ShipperID < MAX( b.ShipperID )
)

/* ********************
* Output results
********************/

ShipperID CompanyName Phone

----------- ----------------------------------------
------------------------
1 Speedy Express (503) 555-9831
3 Federal Shipping (503) 555-9931
4 Federal Shipping (503) 555-9931

(3 row(s) affected)



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SOLUTION 2: Gives me the data which are duplicate but
not the IDs

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SELECT
CompanyName, Phone
FROM
SHIPPERS
GROUP BY
CompanyName, Phone
HAVING
COUNT(*) > 1


/* ********************
* Output results
********************/



CompanyName Phone
---------------------------------------- ------------------------
Speedy Express (503) 555-9831
Federal Shipping (503) 555-9931

(2 row(s) affected)

anonieko (AT) hotmail (DOT) com wrote:

Those aren't solutions, they are diagnostics. The solution is to fix
the stupid design of the Shippers table by adding a proper key.

:-)

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